Temporary locking device



June 28, 1932.

E. ANDERSON 1,864,883

TEMP ORARY LOCKING DEVICE Filed Sept. 21 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l June 28, 1932- E. ANDERSON 1,364,833

TEMPORARY LOCKING DEVICE Filed Sept. 21, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 {I Jf 7 grz'op/vgw Patented. dune 2 8, 1932 STATES EDWARD ANDERSON, F CHI EGAGO, ILLINOIS TEMPORARY LOCKING DEVICE Application filed September 21, 1929. Serial No. 394,258.

rovements in This invention relates to im the portable temporary locking devices 0 type and its object is to temporarily locking hinged doors, sliding doors, show case doors, desk drawers and the like. One object is to provide a device of this type that may be used lndependently of the usual locking means, as a substitute locking means when noneare provided, as ,0 auxiliary to the conventional locking means when desired or when such means are temporarily out of order and a device that can, due to its size, be conveniently carr ed in the pocket, hand grip, hand bag or In any .5 small container.

A further object is to provide a locking device that is positive and eflicient 1n operation, that does not in any way mar or deface the object to which it is appl ed, that is :0 cheap to manufacture and that 18 so simple in structure that it is unlikely to get out of order.

With the foregoing and other objects 1n view the invention consistsin the combination and arrangement of parts to he hereinafter fully described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a partof this application i or patent and in which- I Fig. 1 is a front view or the locking olevlce applied to a show case, candy case, or like object. 7

Fig. 53 is a top plan view oi Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the lock ing device, enlarged, the back plate of the casing being removed.

- Fig. l is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig 3.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of a slightly modified form of the locking device showingits application to sliding doors, which are shown in section.

Fig. B is a similar view to Fig. 5 but showing a very slight further modification applied to a desk or table drawer.

Fig. 7 is a view of a further slightly modified form of the device as applied to a clothes closet door, or the like;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary view of a bar provide means for sometimes used which is formed with two serrated edges.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The locking device comprises a sectional 55 casing to which is secured a barrel through which a shaft extends that at its end, within said casing, carries a cam that may be rotated by the shaft to oscillate a dog to which one end of a spring is secured, said spring so in the locked position of the deviceengaging with the teeth of an anchor bar received in, and extending through, the casing to lock said bar and casing together, the bar being released in one position of the said dog.

The locking device comprises a. casing formed of the large rear plate 1 and the smaller plate 2, both plates being of substantially oblong formation, the plate 1 having one. end 3 disposed at right angles to in its main body portion, said end 3 being formed along its free edge 4: with an approximately centrally disposed notch to permil; its close engagement with the barrel 5 that is secured to the plate 2, said plate 1 I at the junction of its end 3 with its body portion being formed with a'longitudinally extending slot 6 to permit passage of the anchor bar 'l. v

. The plate 2 is formed with two oppositely eo disposed inwardly extending flanges 8, 8 which are formed with the diametrically opposed lugs 9, 9 adapted to enter correspon ing slots in the plate 1 in the assembled position of said plates.

A flan 'e 10 formed with a reduced portion 11. extends from one flange 8 something more than one half the distance to the other flange 8, said stepped flange 10, 11 permitting passage of the spring steel anchor bar 7 and 00 forming a guide for the same in its passage through the casing, said bar being introduced through the slot 6 in the plate 1. The plates 1, 2 are secured together by the screw 12.

Extending through the barrel 5 is the ro- 95 tary shaft 13 having the he hole 14 to receive the key (not shown). ast to the inner end of the shaft 13 within the casing is the cam 15 that peripherally en ages the dog 16 pivoted upon the pin shaft 1 and to said dog 1 the bar 7 is free one end of the V-shaped spring 18 is secured that is so ported upon said pin shaft, the

free end said spring abutting one flange 8 of the plate 2. A lug 19 fast to the end of the spring 18 secured to the dog16 is adapted for engagement with the teeth 20 of the anchor bar 7 in one lposition of said dog whereby to lock said anc or bar against movement in one direction relative to the casing. When the dog 16 is raised b movement of the cam from the casing.

to a drawer 26, the bent end 27 being received in the bolt-receiving recess 29 of the top 28, the ordinary lock 30 of the drawer bein probably out of order. In Fig. 7 the en 27 of the anchor bar is received in the lock recess 31 of the jamb 32 of the closet, the closet door 33 being locked shut by the device.

When the anchor bar is applied between the doors, or between a door and its jamb,

and may be withdrawn terminally secured to said dog, one end of said s ring engaging one casing section, and a lug ast to said spring for engagement with the teeth of said anchor bar.

2. In a temporary locking device for overlapping elements, a sectional perforated casing, one casing section being formed with a stepped flange, the other casing section termlnating in a right-angularly extending portion for disposition against one of the elements to be looked, a resilient serrated anchor bar releasably received in said casing and engaging said stepped flange, said anchor bar .haylng one offset end disposed in a direction 0 posite to that of said right-angularly exten 1ng section portion for engagement with one end of the other element, a rotary shaft extending into said casing, a cam fast to said shaft within said casing, and a lug operatively associated with said cam for engagement with the serrations of said anchor ar. t

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature.

EDWARD ANDERSON.

or between a drawer and the desk top the barrel and casing are moved over the anchor into engagement with the object and then locked by so disposing the shaft 13 that the dog 19 will he in engagement with the teeth 20. By providing a double row of serrations 20 the anchor bar is made a reversible, or a right and left hand, har. Display show cases, jewelry cases, candy cases and the like may he conveniently locked while the clerk or custodian-is temporarily absent without the necessity of removing the goods and an ded degree of safety generally may he had in the cases enumerated at an instants notice.

What is claimed is z--- It. In temporary locking devices, a sectionall perforated casing, one casing section being formed with a stepped flange, the other casing sectionterminatin in a right-singularly extending portion for isposition against one of the elements'to he locked, a resilient serrated anchor har releasahly received in said casing and engaging said stepped flange, said anchor her having one oiiset end disposed in a direction opposite to that of said right angnlarly entendingsection portion for engagement with the other element to he locked, a rotar shaft extending into said casing and forms with a key hole, a cam fast to said shaft within said casing, a pin shaft within said casing, a dog pivotally arranged upon said pin shaft in engagement with said cam, is spring supported upon said pin shaft and 

